A brief rant about my Linux experience.

[Nothinman]

For a standard desktop system you don't need the 3D-accelerated Nvidia driver, so why were you trying to install it?

The OSS nv driver is terrible. It's slow, I noticed some screen tearing during normal X operation and it doesn't do XV when you have X running at high resolutions.

 

linux is a piece of garbage hack.

xbsd 4 lyfe.

 

[pcgeek11]

Man what a thread!

Linux is good, Windows is also good.

It all boils down to Your Personal Preference. Use what you like.

Linux does require more from the user than sticking a disk in the drive and pressing enter. Windows can require more also but, usually not near as often on initial set-up.

Once Linux is set-up / configured using KDE Desktop a Windows user could probably walk right in and use it just fine. Gnome Desktop is a little more problematic for a Windows user to get ahold of.

Linux is NOTHING like it was say 12 - 13 years ago... then you really did have to know something. Now it is a snap in comparison. The same goes for Windows ...compare Windows XP to say Windows 3... Big Difference.

I say if you want to learn something use Linux. If you want to use it and nothing more use Windows.

I use both!

pcgeek

 

[zoiks]

I've never had a problem. Mandriva is a great distro. I've got pretty much everything I need running with no issues.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Depends on what you need I guess.

I bought a 400GB HDD and had Ubuntu Server 5.10 running with SAMBA, OpenSSH, and Apache2 within one hour. I couldn't have been happier!

 

[ZoomStop]

GAMES: #1 reason I steer clear of linux on my main rig. Windows can be a PITA at times, but at least I can load all my favorite newer games without too much trouble.
Some fan boys argue that you can run all these games with Cedega(sp?) but come on, how long do you need to screw around to get the game to run? Often with partial compatibility.
But Linux does serve a point if you don't mind the lack of games. It does a fine job as a print/DNS server. Running D.S.L. on a 333 Pentium2 in terminal mode and it is a champ there.
Just not for games which I would imagine is a good chunk of a lot of computer users experience.

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: pcgeek11
Man what a thread!

Linux is good, Windows is also good.

It all boils down to Your Personal Preference. Use what you like.

Linux does require more from the user than sticking a disk in the drive and pressing enter. Windows can require more also but, usually not near as often on initial set-up.

Once Linux is set-up / configured using KDE Desktop a Windows user could probably walk right in and use it just fine. Gnome Desktop is a little more problematic for a Windows user to get ahold of.

Linux is NOTHING like it was say 12 - 13 years ago... then you really did have to know something. Now it is a snap in comparison. The same goes for Windows ...compare Windows XP to say Windows 3... Big Difference.

I say if you want to learn something use Linux. If you want to use it and nothing more use Windows.

I use both!

pcgeek

After a reinstall including all the development packages, I must agree with the above. It is do-able, just more work. I think my opinion has been swayed! I still know next to nothing about the OS, but I'm learning at a steady rate and the progress shows.

I think the above quote summerises the responses given to my OP the best.

I've enjoyed this thread! :beer: